BOISE, IDAHO — Colorado State is close to getting coach Jim McElwain back to Tuscaloosa, Ala., two years after he left. CSU appears to be working out details of a two-game deal with Alabama, a college football source said late Friday night. The tentative framework is this: Both games will be played in Tuscaloosa, in 2013 and '15, and Colorado State stands to get more than...

Without big opportunities there isn't big motivation to increase your level of play, I guess. The mindset isn't quite there in Fort Collins but might as well act like a bigfish if you're going to become one. I hope they don't bite more than they can chew however.

No offense to y'all, but this is ANOTHER game no one wants to see on our schedule. It's embarrassing to keep soliciting games with opponents that we entice with $1 Million to come to Tuscaloosa. The SEC needs to institute a 9 game league schedule, so we can eliminate everyone from scheduling these types of games. This season ticket holder is sick of seeing this stuff.

I know "everybody does it ", but at Alabama, we should set the standard and get out of the practice of doing this kind of thing.

I sure hope they can make a deal with Colorado State, otherwise, I don't know what Bama is going to do. They have been looking for a 12th team to play for over a year. USC was supposed to play them but back out of the deal in 2010. That's how long they have been trying to get all 4 OOC games set but no team will play us during the season.